Sad to see almost none of the devs, from
Apollor (ChristianSelig), RIF (u/talklittle), Infinity (u/Hostilenemy),
Boost (rmayayo), BaconReader, to Relay (u/DBrady), etc. are not considering Lemmy at all.

I know these were hobbies but by atleast developing it for some time just to make transition for your audience to Lemmy easier would have gone a long way!

@lemmy @LemmyDev Lemmy will remain a niche platform if not enough people switch to it

  • wernsting@lemm.ee
    191·
    1 year ago

    What makes you say Mastodon isn’t getting any traction? To me https://mastodon-analytics.com tells a different story.

    I agree a well thought out centralised Reddit alternative could swoop in, but I’m in no hurry to look at anything other than Fediverse alternatives. I see no compelling reason to.

    • karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works
      101·
      1 year ago

      The active user chart on that site shows a spike after Twitter was sold and then a 50% decline and a flat line after.

      It’s not bad, but doesn’t seem to be growing.

    • ddnomad@infosec.pub
      81·
      1 year ago

      Judging by user count alone is deceiving, in my opinion. We need to look at how many “big Twitter personas / companies” are moving to Mastodon, because they are the ones generating content and increasing traction.

      As it is right now, I only see some people creating Mastodon accounts and posting 1:1 with what they still post on Twitter. This is not enough.

      But at the same time, all migrations take time and we will only be able to determine a “winner” after months if not years of this process taking place.

      I’m crossing my fingers and hoping for the best still.

      • Izzy@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 year ago

        Big twitter personas and companies is the enshittification that is trying to be avoided. The less of that and the more of regular people the better.

        Why exactly would anyone want companies to advertise to them? This seems like only a bad thing to me.

        • ddnomad@infosec.pub
          1·
          1 year ago

          Depends on what you use the platform for. I’ve used Twitter as a way to keep up with real time developments, shout at companies whose support does not respond to me and read some news stories occasionally. For the people part I usually went to Reddit.

          Now for people like me, Mastodon does not seem to cut it. I’m not caving in and starting to use the official Twitter app, but the fact I’ve lost the platform that covers those use cases is kind of sad.